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Two Austinites Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Role In Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Scheme

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, two brothers were both sentenced to ten …
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Bandidos National Sergeant At Arms Pleads Guilty To Federal Racketeering, Drug Trafficking And Extortion Charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - 32-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) …
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Several Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, Texas - A total of nine people are in custody following law …
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Houston Man Guilty In Beaumont IH-10 Drug Trafficking

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to …
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Treasury Sanctions Gulf Cartel Drug Trafficker Action Targets Mexican Cocaine Trafficker, Abel Briones Ruiz, And His Support Network

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … border for sale in the United States, including in Texas and Tennessee.  On May 18, 2015, the U.S. District …
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DEA Announces Barrio Azteca Lieutenant Who Ordered Consulate Murders In Ciudad Juarez Sentenced To Life In Prison

… U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas, and FBI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. … District Judge Kathleen Cardone in the Western District of Texas.  In addition, Judge Cardone ordered Gallegos … of Prisons; the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service; the Texas Department of Public Safety; the Texas Department of …
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

… prescriptions, distributed prescription painkillers in Texas LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five … for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black market. Two other defendants …
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Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 MIDLAND, Texas – A Mexican national unlawfully residing in Texas was …
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Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… established that Christopher Perales, from the state of Texas, would regularly supply Crumpton in Mobile, Alabama, … a joint checking account at Woodforest National Bank in Texas in order for Crumpton to be able to pay Perales for … courier/driver who would transport the methamphetamine from Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana for Perales. Once in …
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40 Charged With Gun, Drug Crimes in Lubbock

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … keep the community safe, FBI’s Dallas Field Division, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and their federal, state, …
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Presidentially pardoned San Antonio man once again arrested on federal drug charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … on federal drug trafficking charges, including 41-year-old Texas Syndicate Lieutenant Hilario Nieto who previously …
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Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Participating In Racketeering Conspiracy

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 EL … District Judge Kathleen Cardone of the Western District of Texas for racketeering conspiracy; conspiracy to distribute …
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Jasper County Man Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas – A Jasper man has been charged with federal drug …
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Texoma HIDTA’s Caprock Initiative Honored at National HIDTA Awards Ceremony

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … alarming rise in fentanyl overdoses in and around Lubbock, Texas. The Caprock Initiative has reached nearly 26,000 …
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – Two Texans have been sentenced for their roles in …
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Eleven Meth, Cocaine Traffickers Charged in Amarillo

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez.  “The Yellow Rose of Texas is safer today as we bring justice to those drug …
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Federal jury finds leader of Cartel Del Noreste guilty on all charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old …
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Jake’s Fireworks Owner Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas – Two Jake’s Fireworks defendants, including the owner …
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Nine Indicted in Counterfeit Promethazine-Codeine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 …
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Carrizo Springs doctor and office manager arrested on federal drug, health care fraud and identity theft charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … doctor with multiple offices throughout the Southwest Texas border area and his office manager face federal …
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Twelve Indicted For Alleged Drug Trafficking In Odessa Area

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 … local authorities include: Herman Chavez, 23, of Odessa, Texas; Manuel Muro, 28, of Odessa; Saul Melendez, 20, of …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Muhammad Faridi, 41, of Murphy, was sentenced to 108 …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso man faces between ten years and life in …
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Operation Fallen Hero – Operation Bombardier

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … partners in crime who are operating on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border,” said Thomas Hinojosa, Acting Special …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

… indictments have been unsealed charging eight defendants in Texas, California, Arizona, and Alaska with conspiring to … two men - Omar Alejandro Alfaro and Jose Ramon Canales, of Texas, with conspiring to distribute approximately 12 … the indictment, the first sales which occurred in person in Texas, consisted of a total of six kilograms of heroin and …
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Heroin Trafficker From Rowlett Sentenced

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS - Brittany Anders, 32, of Rowlett, Texas was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. …
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Gregg County Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced …
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Jefferson County Man Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Violations

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas - A 25-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded …
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … compartment of Charre’s vehicle. Charre was travelling from Texas to Tulsa. The drugs had a value of at least $46,000. …
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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … back prescription drugs at 127 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma.   The NTBI was an all-day event.  A …